Plato

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.

Greek Philosopher

Thomas Jefferson

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

American President

Victor Hugo

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather to say: 'He killed himself because he was bored by lack of life.

French Author

Gilbert K. Chesterton

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.

English Writer

John Locke

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

English Philosopher

John Ruskin

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.

Gordon B. Hinckley

We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do.

American Clergyman

Bill Watterson

If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.

American Cartoonist

Saint Augustine

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

Saint

Michel de Montaigne

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

French Philosopher

Use 'ought to' to express what is expected from someone, subtly different from commanding.

Expressing Expectation

'Ought to' can imply disappointment or critique in someone's actions more gently than direct statements.

Soft Criticism

It's used for advising based on moral grounds, indicating a sense of duty rather than strict obligation.

Moral Obligation

Use 'ought to' to express a strong likelihood that something will occur, based on reason or experience.

Predicting Likelihood

'Ought to' is also used to say that something is the expected outcome of a situation.

Expressing Expectations

'Ought to' indicates something is very likely to happen, but it's not guaranteed.

High Probability

Suggest an action as a good idea, but leave the decision open with 'ought to'.

Making Suggestions

Offer advice without being pushy using 'ought to', especially when the decision is not critical.

Gentle Advice

'Ought to' reveals a personal preference or recommendation, rather than a general rule.

Preference Indication

 Instead, let me talk about a couple of modes of intervention that we can all help accomplish, because they are modes of intervention that will come about when legislators and policymakers, when taxpayers and citizens, agree that that's what we ought to be doing and that's how we ought to be spending our money.

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 and other contemporary processes cannot only alter the way humans experience emotional and physical pain, but that world ecosystems ought to be redesigned so that animals don't suffer in the wild. He calls his project "paradise engineering." But is there something sad about a world without sadness?

A brief history of...

 they're thinking about as they play the game. It's often something that's very intuitive, it's almost just like a feeling about which move they should make. So given those two qualities, I would say that playing Go at a world champion level really ought to be something that's safe from automation,

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 that's smaller than the diameter of a human hair now while plankton may appear to be aimless drifters directionless in their movements in life they play a key role and perhaps the most vital organism on earth you see each and every plankton ought to be more precise planning to

Why Are Plankton the...

 because according to the current theories, the quantum fluctuations in the vacuum of space ought to have 120 orders of magnitude more energy than we observe. Solving the mystery of that missing energy may entirely rewrite our understanding of physics and the universe.

Is it possible to create...

 As you can see, we have a lion here and a gladiator, and, well, the janitor ought to be in this wing clearly. Moving on, hurry along. The next step in the evolution of museums occurred in the Renaissance, when the study of the natural world was once again encouraged

Why do we have museums?...

 We think the things we make can solve our problems, but our problems are much more complex than that. The issue isn't the accuracy of the bombs you have, it's how you use the bombs you have, and more importantly, whether you ought to use bombs at all.

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 ought to see by then we were to develop 6,000 change agents for Africa let's say a hundred of these have become effective and ethical political leaders who are contributing to peace and stability on the continent another hundred have

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 of the way the world is that can tell us how the world ought to be. But I think this is quite clearly untrue. Values are a certain kind of fact. They are facts about the well-being of conscious creatures.

Science can answer moral...

 they happen said that one ought to get you twenty dollars a pound I really would have liked to get more but hey it is what it is what's gonna

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